Charlotte NC July 14 2020 During the past five days, Private Officer International has identified four more security officer deaths that have been attributed to the COVID-19 virus. Fanny DiSanto’s was a security officer for the past six years and died in New Jersey after contracting the virus. The family of a Houston Dynamo security […]
Charlotte NC July 13 2020 Police and sheriffs across the country have said no. Yet, private security officers have taken on the job and many say that has only led to violence. Sheriffs of at least three North Carolina counties have said that their deputies will not intervene with violations of people not wearing a […]
Charlotte NC June 19 2020 It’s not just the police that state and county prosecutors are taking a second lookat for Use of Force incidents, especially fatal ones.Private security officers are under the microscope in at least jurisdictions involving fatal shootingsor other deaths occurring through the use of force by private security officers.At least one […]
Charlotte NC June 5 2020 The job of a loss prevention agent or mall security officer today is inherently more dangerous than it has ever been, though some in management continue to turn a blind eye, not wanting to acknowledge it. Right after returning from the army and while waiting to be hired as a […]
Charlotte NC May 18 2020 South Africa, England and Wales have reported high death rates for private security officers who have been infected with COVID-19. Here in the United States, Private Officer International, a private security and law enforcement organization has been tracking security officer deaths since early March and have identified 110 security officer […]
Washington DC May 16, 2020 106 Police Officers Have Died From COVID-19, Surpassing 9/11, 30 of those have occurred in New York according to the National Fraternal Order of Police. National Trainer, Travis Yates, tells us that with the nature of law enforcement and the inability of those in the profession to do what many […]
Charlotte NC May 11 2020 The Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Private Officer International, Richard A. McCann, has announced this morning that because of the lack of cooperation from some state agencies, the organization has begun the process of serving the Department of Health and Human Services of all fifty states and 14 U.S. […]
Follow UpOakland County MI May 6 2020 It’s been 46 years since security guard James C. Browning was murdered at the former Northland Shopping Center in Southfield. Now, thanks to the efforts of a law enforcement officer from Oakland County, Browning’s name has, at long last, been added to a memorial list of those killed […]
Charlotte NC April 28 2020 Rick McCann Private security across the country have always been frontline protectors who protect life and property wherever and whenever they are called on. On a yearly basis, security officers literally save hundreds of lives by using their training in first-aid, CPR and stopping the bleed techniques as they rescue […]
Charlotte NC April 27 2020 The Webster’s Dictionary defines “Betrayal” as the act of betraying someone or something or the fact of being betrayed : a violation of a person’s trust or confidence, of a moral standard. Carl Dawson a security officer said that he became ill in early April from the COVID-19 virus after […]